How to Train Your Dragon (Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III) [Import] [Audio Cassette]

Cressida Cowell (Author)

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840326921
• ISBN-13: 978-1840326925
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,163,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cressida Cowell grew up mostly in Central London. She has a BA in English Literature from Oxford University, a BA in Graphic Design from St Martin's and an MA in Narrative Illustration from Brighton. Cressida loves illustrating her own work, but also loves writing books for other people to illustrate as the end result can be so unexpected and inspiring. Cressida has written and illustrated eight books in the popular Hiccup series. The unique blend of child centred humour and sublime prose made Hiccup an instant hit. How to Train Your Dragon has reached over 100,000 sales and is now published in over 30 languages. A Dreamworks feature film is due to be released in 2010. Also the author of picture books, Cressida has won the Nestle Children's Book Prize 2006 and has been shortlisted for many others. Cressida lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children and two cats.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun For Kids & Adults Alike!, August 1, 2006

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Michele Rempe "Unreformed Bibliophile" (Malvern, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon (Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III)) (Hardcover)

This book is the first in a series about a group of young boys embarking on a journey to become part of their village's viking clan. The boys must each capture a dragon and train it. The book is surprisingly engaging and very funny. The characters speak as you would imagine young vikings would - crude little-boy speak about snot and such, the dragons speak their own language, which you can learn throughout books in this series, and the author's narrative is sublime literary prose. With this blend, Cowell has the most unique literary style I have ever read! Parents will love the quick pace and unique style, boys will think it's cool, and girls will giggle.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More fun than you will think!, April 26, 2006

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C. Buechler (Mason, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon (Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III)) (Hardcover)

This book looks younger than it really is in both vocabulary and humor. My ten year old girl read it and loved it. The humor is very entertaining. I read it to my 8 year old son at bedtime as well and we all enjoyed it. I recommend this book for 7-12 year old children.

42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Watch out for bad editions, January 11, 2006

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M. Hutfles - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon (Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III)) (Hardcover)

The book is fantastic, great story fun illustrations and a great read-a-loud.
However... There are some bad copies of it floating around where a group of pages are doubled up and a group of pages are missing. If you order this wonderful gem, be sure to check the pages around 121-152. Unfortunately this is at one of the very exciting parts of the story so best to find out before beginning reading.
Fortunately the publisher is very friendly and helpful about replacing mis-produced books and you just have to contact their customer service to remedy the situation.
So do enjoy this little treasure.